February 2011

03 Feb New Report Highlights Why Companies Need to Operate with Free, Prior and Informed Consent of Indigenous Peoples (PR Newswire)

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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Industrial resource extraction is posing grave threats to the survival of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin and there are serious moral, legal and financial reasons for corporations to stem the tide of abuse and respect indigenous peoples'...

02 Feb Venezuelan Indigenous People Live a New History (Radio Cadena Agramonte)

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Caracas, Venezuela, Feb 2.- The 40 indigenous peoples of Venezuelan participated yesterday in inclusion programs promoted by the government to safeguard, preserve and revaluate elements of cultural heritage of each native community. Coordinator of the Añu People in Zulia state, Adalberto Chirinos, indicated that the rights...

01 Feb U.S. Supports Indigenous Rights (VOA News)

Posted at 10:18h in News, Posts

The United States has thrown its support behind the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The United States has thrown its support behind the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which...